St. Louis globe-democrat vol. 2 no. 14

THE SALT LAKE MORMONS.
The Story that They Intend to Move to New Mexico Denied.
[From the New York Times.]
For some time past it has been occasionally stated in the newspapers that the Mormons of Salt Lake City had purchased large lots of land in the Territory of New Mexico, with the intention of moving there in a body. Mr. Wm. Jennings, a prominent Mormon citizen of Salt Lake City, who is now here on his way to England, was called upon at the Me-tropolitan Hotel last evening by a Times re-porter, and in answer to a question as to wheth-er any such removal was contemplated, replied most emphatically in the negative. The state-ments of the newspaper correspondents, he said, were sensational, and entirely erroneous. The Mormons had built a large city in Utah, and had erected many large and line build-ings, and they had not oxen and horses enough to remove them to New Mexico, or anywhere else. He himself had a house three stories high, fifty feet wide and seventy-five deep, a large stable, a hot house, a beau-tiful garden, and a lawn which had been pro-nounced by horticulturists the finest in the United States. These could not be removed, and he had no intention of abandoning them. His Mormon friends felt as he did in regard to their property, and would certainly con-tinue to hold it. About two years ago the Mormons had sent about 200 of their number to Arizona as missionaries, with the object of extending their faith and making proselytes, but they had been unsuccessful at that time. Last winter another body of 200 had been sent to the same place with the same object. It was the policy of the Mor-mons to extend their religion as much as pos-sible throughout the whole of the country adjoining Utah, in order to control the vote in each section if they could, as they needed a large area of territory for their sect, which was rapidly increasing by reason of the large number of proselytes continually arriving from Europe. They had also sent a mission to New Mexico, but it consisted of a few preachers only, who were attempting to lead the people to join the Mormon faith. In regard to the statement that it was the intention of the Prophet Brigham Young, to appoint his son Brigham to succeed him as President of the Church, Mr. Jennings said that he did not think this would be done, as there was con-siderable opposition to the measure.

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THE SALT LAKE MORMONS.
The Story that They Intend to Move to New Mexico Denied.
[From the New York Times.]
For some time past it has been occasionally stated in the newspapers that the Mormons of Salt Lake City had purchased large lots of land in the Territory of New Mexico, with the intention of moving there in a body. Mr. Wm. Jennings, a prominent Mormon citizen of Salt Lake City, who is now here on his way to England, was called upon at the Me-tropolitan Hotel last evening by a Times re-porter, and in answer to a question as to wheth-er any such removal was contemplated, replied most emphatically in the negative. The state-ments of the newspaper correspondents, he said, were sensational, and entirely erroneous. The Mormons had built a large city in Utah, and had erected many large and line build-ings, and they had not oxen and horses enough to remove them to New Mexico, or anywhere else. He himself had a house three stories high, fifty feet wide and seventy-five deep, a large stable, a hot house, a beau-tiful garden, and a lawn which had been pro-nounced by horticulturists the finest in the United States. These could not be removed, and he had no intention of abandoning them. His Mormon friends felt as he did in regard to their property, and would certainly con-tinue to hold it. About two years ago the Mormons had sent about 200 of their number to Arizona as missionaries, with the object of extending their faith and making proselytes, but they had been unsuccessful at that time. Last winter another body of 200 had been sent to the same place with the same object. It was the policy of the Mor-mons to extend their religion as much as pos-sible throughout the whole of the country adjoining Utah, in order to control the vote in each section if they could, as they needed a large area of territory for their sect, which was rapidly increasing by reason of the large number of proselytes continually arriving from Europe. They had also sent a mission to New Mexico, but it consisted of a few preachers only, who were attempting to lead the people to join the Mormon faith. In regard to the statement that it was the intention of the Prophet Brigham Young, to appoint his son Brigham to succeed him as President of the Church, Mr. Jennings said that he did not think this would be done, as there was con-siderable opposition to the measure.